Along the lines of Sporting Heroes and Favourite Music:
What do you consider the Best Ever Movie?

mmmmm Dr Strangelove?

The Sound Of Music

Monster Squad

IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093560/)

Casablanca

For me, it's a tie between Braveheart and LOTR: Return of the King EE

I group all 3 LOTR films into one film.
That is mine.

Spartacus, Empire of the Sun and yes Dr Strangelove :cool:

In my humble opinion...

Best Drama - tie - Gone With The Wind and Casablanca
Best Comedy - Tie - Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstien and Forest Gump
Best Musical - Funny Girl
Best Historical Movie - The Lion In Winter
Best Single Scene from a movie - Land Rush scene from Cimmeron (original)
Best Scary Movie - The Thing (remake)
Best Sci-Fi / Fantasy Movie - Tie - Star Wars (original 3) and LOTR
Best Courtroom Move - Witness for the Prosecution

Tenacious D and the Pick of Destiny. Hands down.

Fahrenheit 9/11

Col

Goodnight Mr Tom..

charlie and the Chocloate factory . not the recent one.
LOTR -of course
Harry potter (pure fanatsy)
Jaws ( still gets me every time - its the music)
Long good Friday


i like my scifi and fantasy -- For those who aren't Brit - Goodnight Mr Tom- was a TV film - look it up on the web if you get a chance - its kinda sad and happy at the same time - no sex, drugs or rock n' roll- but still good.

Alien -




(any one put up any of the Rocky films then they need shooting)

Without thinking too much I would vote for :

- Dances with wolves. Especially the scene where Dunbar meets with the local Sioux is an abosolute hit.

- Jean de Florette with Gérard Depardieu, one of the best French movies I 've ever seen.

- Jean de Florette with Gérard Depardieu, one of the best French movies I 've ever seen.

Oh yes, I think I remember that one from years back. Didn't it have something to do with a well and Depardieu being a real mean son of a b :confused:

Teletubbies.....
oh sorry...that's my daughter's

Teletubbies.....
oh sorry...that's my daughter's

they have movies now too?

uhm...see my title :)

Oh yes, I think I remember that one from years back. Didn't it have something to do with a well and Depardieu being a real mean son of a b :confused:

No , de Soubeyrans were the son of a b's. Played by Yves Montand and an actor who's name I forgot.
But indeed, this was all about the well, which Gerard didn't know of, while he was in urgent need of water to soil his land and flowers. ;)

You might need to genre'lise this topic b/c how can you compare say Some Like it Hot to Die Hard? both great films, both very difficult to compare because of how different they are..

You might need to genre'lise this topic b/c how can you compare say Some Like it Hot to Die Hard? both great films, both very difficult to compare because of how different they are..
Hey, can split into categories if you want - I don't think anybody is limited to one selection

The BBC (I think) did a movie on Dracula many years ago starring Louis Jourdan as the Count and Frank Findley as Van Helsing.

Jourdan as the Count - smooth, suave...the absolute essense of evil.
Findley playing it straight but adding just the right amount of humour for comic relief.
Best version of the story yet.

I don't have one single movie that i like, but there are a couple of different movies in different genres.

For Comedy : i just love liar liar.
For Thriller : not decided yet, either the butterfly effect or the Storm of the century.
For Horror : There is not a single one i like, but i have good memories with the grudge, not that it was great, but good memories
For Romance : not sure if patch addams is romance, drama or comedy... but i think that's the best romance movie.
For Action : "What are u gonna do, kill me with that soupcup?" Chronicles of Riddick, either that one or Equilibrium
For Drama : Dead Poets Society, still one of the best movies i have ever seen.

And i know i've been away for way 2 long, but i'm back.... and i hope u all had a good time while i was away :)

Kind regards,

Silverblood A.K.A. Kuweelee

IN no particular order or genre

La Vita e Bella
Rocky
A Bridge Too Far
Awakenings
Dazed and Confused
The Pianist
The Mission
The Lost Boys
Lost In Translation




Worst film ever - The Black Dahlia with Scarlett Johannsen

IN no particular order or genre

La Vita e Bella
Rocky
A Bridge Too Far
Awakenings
Dazed and Confused


Worst film ever - The Black Dahlia with Scarlett Johannsen

Tiem to shoot you on this - see my first post on this -- Rocky......

Can I have a last meal and a cig first?:eek:

sure.. as long as you smoke it outside ...

Tiem to shoot you on this - see my first post on this -- Rocky......

Which Rocky out of the milked 15?:rolleyes:

sure.. as long as you smoke it outside ...

I have a vision of a battlefield casualty being given a fag by one of his mates and the glorious Hitler brigade taking the mate to court for alowing him to smoke in public. :rolleyes::mad:

I have a vision of a battlefield casualty being given a fag by one of his mates and the glorious Hitler brigade taking the mate to court for alowing him to smoke in public. :rolleyes::mad:

In line with Rich's Finally thread in Politics etc, I'll smoke wherever I want!

Always like One flew over the cuckoo's Nest

:DI have a vision of a battlefield casualty being given a fag by one of his mates and the glorious Hitler brigade taking the mate to court for alowing him to smoke in public. :rolleyes::mad:

wouldn't happen - HM forces immune to civil proceedings ...:D

In line with Rich's Finally thread in Politics etc, I'll smoke wherever I want!

kinda with you on this its gone too far - mind you no smoking in a restuarant - i can live with ..(mind you i don't smoke anymore)

Fahrenheit 9/11

ColWhy am I not surprised by this answer!?Always like One flew over the cuckoo's NestYa know, I never really understood the point of this movie. What was the writer trying to tell us anyway!?

All I got out of it was a guy that got sent to a crazy house, maybe by mistake (or maybe not), and tried to beat common sense into the "lifers" when it was impossible to do so. Thus, he went crazy too, and caused more harm to them than good. Does this sound right Rabbie? What's interesting about that?

Not bashing it, I thought it was a good movie myself, I just didn't understand why they would make a movie about this story (if indeed, I have the story correct!)

Why am I not surprised by this answer!?

Who knows. Maybe because it's true? Obviously not acceptable by Yanks and not shown on national TV as it is in the UK. It's hushed up by the US dictator.

I also like Blazing Saddles. Especially the 'nigger work song' bit at the beginning, a nice twist in showing the whites as total pillocks.

Col

How about Happy Gilmore!?

It's hushed up by the US dictator.The US presidency is not a "dictatorship", unless Bill Clinton presides over it. :)

Who knows. Maybe because it's true? Obviously not acceptable by Yanks and not shown on national TV as it is in the UK. It's hushed up by the US dictator.

I also like Blazing Saddles. Especially the 'nigger work song' bit at the beginning, a nice twist in showing the whites as total pillocks.

Col

I hate to disappoint you but ALL of Micheal Moore's films have been shown on National TV in the US at one time or another.
Other than your prejudices, do you actually KNOW anything about the United States? The "N" word for example is never used. It is considered ignorant and denegrates the person using it far more than the person its aimed at.

The "N" word for example is never used. It is considered ignorant and denegrates the person using it far more than the person its aimed at.Yes, it does...and boy did it take a long time for that decency to come about! You would have probably gotten shot if you made a comment like that back in the '50's (or whatever time the Brown vs. Board of Education news was running wild)...

For me, my favourite movie is L'année dernière à Marienbad (Last Year in Marienbad) and the reason is that it's just so watchable and open to so many interpretations. Bit of a dull film if you like your films with explosions and catchphrases like Yippe-ki-yay.

Other than your prejudices, do you actually KNOW anything about the United States?
Yes, quite a bit, what did you want to know?

The "N" word for example is never used. It is considered ignorant and denegrates the person using it far more than the person its aimed at.

Well 'nigger' is used in Blazing Saddles and that's American. I would not use it in normal conversation but in the context of the film I see no problem.

I thought this thread was about favourite films. . . . please try to keep it on track. I named a favourite film and a scene from it and you get all upset. . . most odd.

I bet Kens film choice would be Bambi, where the Mum deer gets her brains blown out by a gunslinging braindead killer

Col

For me, my favourite movie is L'année dernière à Marienbad (Last Year in Marienbad) and the reason is that it's just so watchable and open to so many interpretations.French film? Call me stupid, but I still had to ask that.Bit of a dull film if you like your films with explosions and catchphrases like Yippe-ki-yay.You forgot the tag line for the phrase, SJ. :)

Yes, quite a bit, what did you want to know?

I thought this thread was about favourite films. . . . please try to keep it on track.
Col

When you cross the line in such an obvious fashion, you should be informed of the fact so that you won't do it again.
It appears you know NOTHING about the United States and the African Americans living there or you wouldn't have repeated your vile, ignorant, deliberately offensive use of such an impactful word.
Your feeble defence that you were just quoting the dialogue is NOT an acceptable excuse. Would you quote Hitler in a room full of Jews.
It seems you are beyond belief and beyond hope.
Some people might have the decency to apologize for such a transgression, but I'm sure you'll just accuse me of being a thin-skinned American with some reference to my lack of intellegence and lack of world experience...anything except admit you were wrong.

Sum..
have you been on the forum long , we Rich/colin and quite of a lot of other posters have had this conversation (amonst others).

and universally the N word i think has been wholesale sgreed that it is a word loaded with such negativie overtones, that its a word that should be wiped from the langauge, however you do get black americans - using still whcih goes against the grain really , it can be used in a comical way - but only where its turn in on itself and the joke is on the "person" using the word - only a few of the gifted comics can do this.

Reading your post - there are a few things that stand out as the differnce between the US and the UK (and i am not having a pop at anyone just a comment - one i have made before and noone was offended by it so please don't take offenc either)
the phrase African Americans - rubs most brits up the wrong way - in the UK
we don't make any difference between whites and blacks (excuse the phrase)

your a Brit ..
irrespectrive of your skin colour or background- the only time it becomes an issue is at sports such as cricket - the west indies hertiage brits will support the WI - but if asked to descibe themselves they woudl say - Scottish , Welsh - Cockney etc - not Afriacn British ..

and would I quote hitler in a room full of jews - i would not have a problem with that - history is history and most Brits who are Jewish accept discussion on all subjects - that not to say i would go in there and say the holocaust didn't happen -cos it did

As to being thin skinned -most yanks i have met have been pleasant -- however i do think (personal view) that due to the size of the US there is a larger percentage of the popultation that never go outside the US and as such - do not come into comtact with other cultures and this i feel narrows their views -- ..

i personally have travelled and only met one or two idiots on any trip

spent 3 1/2 years travelling europe - been stateside 6 or 7 times

might not be the most travelled - but I am open to other views as long as they are open aswell.

the US at the moment has had a bad time most down to Bush - he has not been the best leader for the US - he may be great on home soil - but to the rest of the world he's a bully , and a baffoon...
i ramble

Well, now that I've seen all this you guys, I think I will say goodbye to this thread, like all the others in the WaterCooler.

(I wonder if there could ever be a day that a thread avoids conversation like this...)

Of course...I'm dreaming the impossible... :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Well, now that I've seen all this you guys, I think I will say goodbye to this thread, like all the others in the WaterCooler.

(I wonder if there could ever be a day that a thread avoids conversation like this...)

Of course...I'm dreaming the impossible... :rolleyes: :rolleyes:



impossible -perhaps

Well, now that I've seen all this you guys, I think I will say goodbye to this thread, like all the others in the WaterCooler.

(I wonder if there could ever be a day that a thread avoids conversation like this...)

Of course...I'm dreaming the impossible... :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go
To right the unrightable wrong

Why the hell an I singing this junk?:eek::confused::confused:

When you cross the line in such an obvious fashion, you should be informed of the fact so that you won't do it again.
It appears you know NOTHING about the United States and the African Americans living there or you wouldn't have repeated your vile, ignorant, deliberately offensive use of such an impactful word.

I know that the darkies living in New Orleans are still living in virtual poverty after the hurricane. I also know the whites are profiting by selling bus tours at $47 per person to travel round to see the darkies like animals in a zoo. I also know the spouses of the dead 11/9 towers falling over got $5,000,000 each compensation.

Your feeble defence that you were just quoting the dialogue is NOT an acceptable excuse. . . . . . It seems you are beyond belief and beyond hope.
Some people might have the decency to apologize for such a transgression, Why? I was quoting from a film - get onto the writer of the film if you don't like it.

but I'm sure you'll just accuse me of being a thin-skinned American with some reference to my lack of intellegence and lack of world experience...anything except admit you were wrong.

I will if you want me to, but I tend not to call other posters names. It seems a little common to me.

Col

Now kiddies, if your going to start fighting, you can all go to bed now!

To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go
To right the unrightable wrong

Why the hell an I singing this junk?:eek::confused::confused:

I guess this was sung by Peter O Toole ?:confused:
Which brings us to another classic :
Lawrence of Arabia

Which brings us to another classic :
Lawrence of Arabia

Now you're talking real classics;):cool:

Now you're talking real classics;):cool:

and real racial bigotry too ;)

In no particular order

Le dernier combat
Le Grand bleu
Leon
Blade Runner

In no particular order

Le dernier combat
Le Grand bleu
Leon
Blade Runner

With 'Le Grand blue' are you referring to The Big Blue, the one with the dolphins and the crazy people who dive so deep without oxygen that they start to hallucinate?

Yes - http://imdb.com/title/tt0095250/

and real racial bigotry too ;)

Rubbish, it showed the world as it was at the time

Rubbish, it showed the world as it was at the time

You don't think it depicted racial bigotry :confused:

You don't think it depicted racial bigotry :confused:

By whom and against who?:confused:

You don't think it depicted racial bigotry :confused:

I agree with Rich, you should see that movie in the time frame it was made.
Where Lawrence meet with Sherif Ali , this really signifies two intellectual spirits meeting each other which has nothing to do with racial bigotry.

What about another real classic :

Doctor Zhivago

Where Lawrence meet with Sherif Ali , this really signifies two intellectual spirits meeting each other which has nothing to do with racial bigotry.

One of the underlying themes of the movie is that Lawrence transcends the racial bigotry around him. The 'lemonade' scene is famous for it.

the party - starring peter sellers

The Day The Earth Stood Still.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/03/Gort_Firing.jpg

the party - starring peter sellers
I've just remembered how funny this one is

"birdy num-nums"

My brother loves "The Party", thinks its the greatest film ever made.
Finally tracked down a VHS tape of the film for him.

He never watches it.
Seems part of the mystique of the film is waiting for its few airings on TV.

OH, to grasp the inner workings of a cult classic.

I know that the darkies living in New Orleans are still living in virtual poverty after the hurricane. I also know the whites are profiting by selling bus tours at $47 per person to travel round to see the darkies like animals in a zoo.

I live in N'Awlins. You are OBVIOUSLY one of the way too many folks who take the mentally lazy approach to the specials shown on TV. You believe what you see. How many times must we tell you that even a "straight" news report or special report is heavily biased by their choice of what they show? Do you EVER listen? Ever? These shows emphasize negatives to sell air time. They have to show the sensationalist crap or they lose sponsors. What part of "doing it for money" (i.e. journalistic prostitution) don't you understand?

The poverty-stricken people to whom you refer are not the norm for N'Awlins. This environment you describe is limited to a very small neighborhood. These people were in virtual poverty BEFORE the hurricane and therefore I cannot get overly worked up about them being in poverty after the storm. They are the ne'er-do-wells who would be poor two days after they won a lottery ticket because they cannot imagine themselves as breaking out of the cycle of poverty. Victims - yes. But not really of poverty. Instead, they are victims of their own self-fulfilling prophecy of poverty.

The tour bus shows the tourists the harsh reality of homes destroyed by government incompetence. Believe it or not, this is to our advantage because all too many folks think we had "just a little bit of water" in the city and that we are mostly rebuilt. Well, 'tain't so, McGee.

When the tourists see water lines two inches under the eaves of the house, or when they see houses swept off their foundations, they realize that the U.S. Government is so busy looking overseas that they have neglected their own. When they see whole blocks overgrown with weeds, dirt, and debris, they realize that a lot more damage was done than they could ever comprehend. When they see whole camps full of FEMA trailers, they begin to grasp the magnitude of a disaster that damaged or destroyed 200,000 homes in a single state.

My stepdaughter bought one of the affected houses and is renovating. I have seen it. Within walking distance I could show you houses overgrown with creeping vines, weeds, mold, and other forms of decay. I've seen ghost towns that were cleaner.

Contemplate, if you will, a region with a population of 840,000+ (that's 200K times husband, wife, and 2.2 kids) wiped out by flooding. Contemplate, if you will, a city with a sudden 25% drop in population through relocation. Now contemplate chaos. 'bout the same, arent' they?

I don't fault GWB for the war in Iraq. That needed to happen, for reasons I have discussed elsewhere. But where I fault him mightily is that he allowed partisan politics to interfere with the rebuilding initiatives. Mississippi, our neighboring state to the East, had a Republican governor. We have a Democratic governor who chastized GWB for his weak-assed response post-Katrina. When comparing the numbers of damaged homes, Mississippi had less than 20% of Louisiana's total, but got more money initially. And they still get more in proportion to the damage than we do.

Your "darkies" comment is so outrageous and uncalled-for that it shows your total and complete ignorance. It is racist to even bring it up. I'm offended by it and I'm not even one of the "darkies" to whom you refer. This isn't my forum, but I can assure you that you deserve any chastisement you might get for making such racist comments.

ps Doc, what is your favourite movie? (agree with your sentiments)

I don't fault GWB for the war in Iraq. That needed to happen, for reasons I have discussed elsewhere. .

Rubbish! Bush is just a gun slinger, there was no justification fo the war there:rolleyes:

Doc, the BBC news report to which I referred at the time was actually trying to bring the reality to us of the devastation one year on. It also was highlighting the profiteering of unscupulous people in exploiting the poor and showing them in a zoo like situation.

It also highlighted the lack of government funding and highlighted the difference between the towers falling over compensation, and the lack of New Orleans compensation.

It seems that if a natural phenomenon occurs that wipes out your house thats tough luck son. If a terrorist group destroys it you get $5 million for the dead spouse. Or is it zip code related? New York v New Orleans.

The term darkie is common (in Essex) and in Bristol, as I have said on many occasions. I see no problem with it. I don't use the "n" word, except to quote from Mel Brooks film Blazing Saddles.

Col

The term darkie is common (in Essex) and in Bristol, as I have said on many occasions. I see no problem with it. I don't use the "n" word, except to quote from Mel Brooks film Blazing Saddles.

Col


I find the use of the term "darkie" to be extremely offensive and I would disagree that it is in common use in Bristol. The only people I have heard use it there were people who I would regard as out and out racists. If Colin wishes to be associated with that sort of person that is up to him.

The only people I have heard use it there were people who I would regard as out and out racists.

I wonder if being born in Scotland, excuse my presumption, disqualifies you from lecturing on racism? ;)

I wonder if being born in Scotland, excuse my presumption, disqualifies you from lecturing on racism? ;) Why should it?

Why should it?

I'm not a resident so I'll leave you to assess your countrys pass-mark...

Link (http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/showpost.php?p=655561&postcount=2006)

Death of a President (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0853096/)
brilliant movie and well constructed. rumour has it that renting this movie more than once will get you on the no fly list, thrice and the non-descript dark SUVs will show up in your neighbourhood, and near your work, and trolling around the parking lot when you shop... ;)

I'm not a resident so I'll leave you to assess your countrys pass-mark...

Link (http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/showpost.php?p=655561&postcount=2006)

reference to Scotland versus England -
the Scots by and large enjoy being part of the UK and would not seperate out themselves on a subject like this - they don't feel as a racial minority so this would really apply - you could refer to scotland as 1 state within the UK and england another . each country has its own pride (scotland will always anti england to lose at football ,but to think they are complete seperate - subclass - as your post seems to imply isn't how the Uk looks at itself .

the welsh and a proud nation but still part of the UK as are the Scots and the other islands - isle of mann all are proud of their country, state but still part of the Uk as a whole with no real division between 1 person from scotland,wales or the Uk -

i admit there are jokes about the Scots but these are usually self critial , the Irish are general the Butt of these types of Jokes and nearly always the irish are the first to laugh ..
mind you my view might be slight bias as i am english .

so any Jocks out there want to give their view on this .. (or any taffy's)

I'm not a resident so I'll leave you to assess your countrys pass-mark...

Link (http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/showpost.php?p=655561&postcount=2006)

I should do some research on the subject first, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are all heavily subsidised by England and are most welcome in ENGLAND,sadly the same is not so true in reverse:eek:

this was meant tongue in cheek - read the post anbove it and you will see the ;) (I missed it first time)..-

this was meant tongue in cheek -

No it wasn't, it was a dig at another member:rolleyes:

Enough is enough!!!
I asked a simple question for simple people, but obviously far too complicated for some

What is your favourite movie?

NOT Who has the cleverest <insert race you wish to slander here> put down / jibe / dig / outright vilification

Do try and stick to the topic

We've already decided that L.O.A. is the fav:confused:

Do try and stick to the topic

We do try, but it's not easy.:rolleyes:

For example, I said I liked the nigger scene at the beginning of Blazing Saddles (note the word nigger is a quote from the film, not my word) but it seemed to upset the Yankees.

Col

We do try, but it's not easy.:rolleyes:

For example, I said I liked the nigger scene at the beginning of Blazing Saddles (note the word nigger is a quote from the film, not my word) but it seemed to upset the Yankees.

Col

Of course it's your word. You choose to use it. There are any number of other words you could use but you use this defamitory, ignorant and "loaded" word.
You are not the BBC or the The Times. You can't get away with it by claiming it's a quote.
I for one am "shunning" you from this point on. Your posts do not exist.

We do try, but it's not easy.:rolleyes:

For example, I said I liked the nigger scene at the beginning of Blazing Saddles (note the word nigger is a quote from the film, not my word) but it seemed to upset the Yankees.

Col

Err. not just the yanks ... (I know its a quote, but I find it unacceptable)

Err. not just the yanks ... (I know its a quote, but I find it unacceptable)

Since the film was on the box here again recently, why was this offensive word not bleeped out, indeed, why was it the film in the first place?:confused:

Since the film was on the box here again recently, why was this offensive word not bleeped out, indeed, why was it the film in the first place?:confused:

I'm certain there are words that are bleeped out on US TV and not on British TV and vice versa. They are 2 different countries with different values.

As to the presence of the word, you would have to discuss that with the writer, director and producer.

Along the lines of Sporting Heroes and Favourite Music:
What do you consider the Best Ever Movie?

mmmmm Dr Strangelove?

SHANE, of course.:D

SHANE, of course.:D

The book was far better;)

Dr. Strangelove was a delightfully inspired piece of statire. One of the best Hollywood ever produced.
Although it does stand on its own, to truly appreciate it you have to see the "serious" version of the same scenario. That film is "Fail Safe".

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You can't fight in here, its the War Room.

Not trying to have a go at anyone. But i think the bigger picture to the argument is the sad fact that in todays world people are forced to be so politically correct. (I'm not condonign racism in the slightest, im referering to any comment that is instantly deemed to be racist, even when it obviously isn't)
And as for the Hitler references, I dare you to go say 'Hail Hitler' to any Jew or German, get your facts straight.

I for one am "shunning" you from this point on. Your posts do not exist.

Sod it. I wish I had read this before I asked you a question on the other thread. I wouldn't have bothered:rolleyes:

Col

Do try and stick to the topic Why?:confused: It is an unwritten rule of these non-technical forums that all appeals to stay on topic are ignored. How else would Rich/Col etc get a chance to give us their deeply researched insights into American Culture:D:D

American Culture

Not sure those two words can go together. You can have American or culture, not both.

Col

Not sure those two words can go together. You can have American or culture, not both.

Col I was using Culture in its sense of "A set of shared norms and values which establish a sense of identity for those who share them. Typically applied at the level of nation and/or race."

Lord of the Rings
Gladiator
Double Jeopardy
House of Flying Daggers

and i am a big fan of the show 24.
best series ever!!!

Two Ton Tusks
Laughing along Little Lane
Gooseberry, Fruit of Mystery
Adam-12, The Movie

I was using Culture in its sense of "A set of shared norms and values which establish a sense of identity for those who share them. Typically applied at the level of nation and/or race."

Oh right, I was thinking about American 'culture' and thought of the Australian Cultural Attache Les Patterson. Not much difference really.

Mind you, the USA does have the token black female Condoleesa Rice, not that she does much as far as I can see. Give her a couple of drinks and she may be ok.

Col

Oh right, I was thinking about American 'culture' and thought of the Australian Cultural Attache Les Patterson. Not much difference really.
Col

Don't tar us with same brush as Sir Les, not all us Aussies are that high brow

Blazing Saddles
Forrest Gump
Jeremiah Johnson

Gladiator is my best.

Not sure those two words can go together. You can have American or culture, not both.

Col

Col, I agree with many of your sentiments, especially about the use of the N word in Blazing Saddles. They were taking the piss out of people who have that attitude, not propogating it themselves. It's a lot like those people who used to be upset by Alf Garnet at this side of the pond. They didn't get it.

BUT: I think you're just tring to stir it, now. Any country who brought us such diverse talents as Billie Holliday, John Updike and the Coen brothers can hardly be said to be cultureless.

Back on topic, may favourite filmes are "Moonstruck" and "Crash". See Crash especially if you want to see a thoughtful, dramatic and downright expert American view of racism.

OK, I'll play the original game. Favorites by topic:

Comedy: Classic - Arsenic and Old Lace; modern - several choices. I like The Bird Cage (remake of La Cage aux Folles) and Victor, Victoria

Western: Classic - High Noon; modern - Silverado

Romance: not a fan of outright straight tear-jerker sob-story romances;

Romantic comedy: Classic - It Happened One Night; modern - Sleepless in Seattle

Horror: classic - Dracula; HONORABLE MENTION: The Louis Jourdan portrayal of Count Dracula was one of the best I have seen in terms of "evil presence" and adherence to the written story. I agree with the earlier opinion on this one.

Horror comedy: Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein; modern - The Mummy (Brendan Fraser);

Detective/Spy: classic - any of several Sherlock Holmes invocations; modern - Sean Connery's Thunderball;

Action/Adventure: classic - Robin Hood (Errol Flynn version); modern - Raiders of the Lost Ark

Sci-Fi - classic - The Day the Earth Stood Still and Forbiddent Planet; modern - John Carpenter's The Thing; Independence Day; I, Robot;

Best Series: LOTR, no question; But honorable mention for the Alien series (first two installments only); Star Wars (LAST three installments only);

Biggest Series disappointments: Matrix trilogy, started so great, ended so weak.

Musical - classic - no clear winners from black/white era; several of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals are good; modern - Phantom of the Opera

Cartoon Features - classic - Fantasia (first one) - modern - Shrek (first one has greatest impact) - but a seriously honorable mention to mixed live/cartoon genre to Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Monster movies: classic - original King Kong; Them (that's the one about giant ants in the desert); modern - Predator; King Kong; Jurassic Park

Guilty Pleasures - The Replacements (Keanu Reeves, Gene Hackman); Mystery Men; Popeye;

Hard-to-classify: - What Dreams May Come;

And my favorite category of movies - ones I've never seen but LOVE the titles/concepts:

Rollerblade (1970s) = post-apocalyptic USA and roller-skating ninja nuns with switchblades (warning - it's a T&A flick); Surf Nazis Must Die; I Dismember Mama; Sorority Babes and the Slime-Ball Bowl-a-Rama;

Movies I've seen and wished later that I hadn't: The Creation of the Humanoids; Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy

The Princess Bride

Murder by Death

Rat Race

Life or something like it

a few of my fav's out of a modestly large collection of DVD's ;)

G2

Brokeback Mountain? :rolleyes:

The star is dead now...

which means its popularity will go through the roof... or does that hold for just art

Rat RaceIsn't that being made right now? Actually, I think I might even be the lead role in it... Hmmmm...